RIN-RIN YUAuthor https://rinrinyu.com Photo Download | Bio Download Rin-rin Yu is a journalist, writer, editor, and photographer who has won many awards for her work. She enjoys writing fiction and creative essays based on her observations and experiences as an American-born Chinese. During the day, she works for Duke University as an assistant vice president in the…
RANDOLPH STURRUPAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Randolph Sturrup is a former Development Executive and current television and Tony Award-nominated Broadway producer. He was on the producing team for the Broadway revivals of Tennessee Williams’ ”A Streetcar Named Desire” starring Blair Underwood and “The Trip to Bountiful” starring Tony Award-winning actress Cicely Tyson. Both plays…
LINDA STURRUP, D.D.S.Author Photo Download | Bio Download Dr. Linda E. Sturrup is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Minna Mae Productions LLC, and the Chief Operating Officer of RDS Entertainment Group LLC, with offices in New York City and Houston, Texas. She and her brother, Randolph D. Sturrup, make up the creative team for…
RO MOËDAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Ro Moëd is a relationship coach and writer based in London, who works with clients internationally. She created the popular Instagram account @unapolygetically in March 2020 to raise awareness of the problematic aspects of monogamy culture, and to encourage others to prioritize their growth and wellbeing in order…
JOEMY ITO-GATESAuthor https://littlekotoscloset.wixsite.com/littlekotoswords Photo Download | Bio Download Joemy Ito-Gates (she/her) is the great granddaughter of a tea master, the granddaughter of a calligrapher, and the daughter of a koto and shamisen player. She volunteers with the grassroots activist organization Japanese American Families for Justice, teaches Dharma School at her local Buddhist temple, and is…
GREG ANDERSON ELYSÉEAuthor https://webwaycomics.ecwid.com Photo Download | Bio Download Greg Anderson Elysée is a Brooklyn-born Haitian-American writer, educator, filmmaker, personal trainer, and model. He has taught various forms of filmmaking, including narrative and documentary, from elementary level to the elderly, since 2012. A former journalist for theOuthousers.com, he also ran his own column, “(Heard It…
SHARICE BRYANTAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Sharice Bryant writes stories that keep young readers on the edge of their seats. As an author and filmmaker, she specializes in mystery and horror for middle-grade and young adult audiences, always aiming to capture that spark of wonder and suspense she loved as a kid. Sharice’s love…
CINDY RUNGERAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Cindy Runger is the author of The Imperial Order of Mystics and a Pacific Northwest Writers Association Award winner. Although Cindy spent decades as a lawyer and business executive, she has been writing ever since she was first able to grip a crayon. When not strategizing about financials…
DONNA ORIOWO, LICSW, CSTAuthor www.donnaoriowo.com Photo Download | Bio Download Dr. Donna Oriowo (oreo-whoa!) LICSW, CST is an award-winning DEI advocate, international speaker and certified sex and relationship therapist in the Washington, D.C. metro area. She is the owner of a private practice, AnnodRight, through which she works with Black women on issues related to…
PATRICK DOUGHERAuthor www.godbodyart.com Photo Download | Bio Download Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Patrick Dougher is a self-taught fine artist, musician, poet, author, and actor. He has performed and recorded with Sade, the Grammy award-winning Dan Zanes and many others. He has played drums with many notable reggae artists, such as Black Uhuru’s…
